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Just a quick table today. To give you an idea of the Lagers which were imported into the UK when restrictions were lifted in 1947.
As we've already learned, Dutch and Danish breweries were the quickest to return to the UK market. The speed with which they returned is all the more remarkable given that they were clearly brewing beers specifically for the UK. A quick glance at the OG is enough to prove that.
It's particularly easy to spot in the case of Tuborg and Carlsberg as I also have analyses for the standard export versions, which Whitbread had somehow purchased in Singapore. These are the strength that you expect forr a continental Lager: 4.5-5% ABV.
This is in contrast with the situation before WW II, when both the Carlsberg and Tuborg sold in the UK were the same strength as they were on the continent. I assume that the standard-strength version would have been too expensive for the UK market after the war.
Continental Lager returns
Year
Brewer
Beer
Price per pint (d)
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
colour
1947
Barclay Perkins
Draught Lager
26
1033
1006.4
3.46
80.61%
8
1947
Carlsberg
Lager
1033
1008
3.24
75.76%
1947
Carlsberg
Pilsner
1035.6
1008.5
3.52
76.12%
13.5
1947
ZHB
Z.H.B. Lager
30
1032.4
1008.2
3.14
71.91%
11.5
1947
Tuborg
Pilsner
1036.6
1009.1
3.57
75.14%
11.5
1948
Carlsberg
Pilsner ex Singapore
1049.9
1011
5.06
77.96%
9
1948
Tuborg
Export Beer ex Singapore
1043.9
1009.4
4.49
78.59%
9
Sources:
Thomas Usher Gravity Book held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document TU/6/11.
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002.
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Just a quick table today. To give you an idea of the Lagers which were imported into the UK when restrictions were lifted in 1947.
As we've already learned, Dutch and Danish breweries were the quickest to return to the UK market. The speed with which they returned is all the more remarkable given that they were clearly brewing beers specifically for the UK. A quick glance at the OG is enough to prove that.
It's particularly easy to spot in the case of Tuborg and Carlsberg as I also have analyses for the standard export versions, which Whitbread had somehow purchased in Singapore. These are the strength that you expect forr a continental Lager: 4.5-5% ABV.
This is in contrast with the situation before WW II, when both the Carlsberg and Tuborg sold in the UK were the same strength as they were on the continent. I assume that the standard-strength version would have been too expensive for the UK market after the war.
Continental Lager returns
Year
Brewer
Beer
Price per pint (d)
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
colour
1947
Barclay Perkins
Draught Lager
26
1033
1006.4
3.46
80.61%
8
1947
Carlsberg
Lager
1033
1008
3.24
75.76%
1947
Carlsberg
Pilsner
1035.6
1008.5
3.52
76.12%
13.5
1947
ZHB
Z.H.B. Lager
30
1032.4
1008.2
3.14
71.91%
11.5
1947
Tuborg
Pilsner
1036.6
1009.1
3.57
75.14%
11.5
1948
Carlsberg
Pilsner ex Singapore
1049.9
1011
5.06
77.96%
9
1948
Tuborg
Export Beer ex Singapore
1043.9
1009.4
4.49
78.59%
9
Sources:
Thomas Usher Gravity Book held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document TU/6/11.
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002.
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